Megan Rapinoe said President Donald Trump was responsible for the US men’s football team losing its “underdog” identity at the World Cup. Her remarks frame the team’s sporting image as being affected by the country’s political climate, though the supplied article text does not include further detail about her reasoning or any response from Trump or the team.

The article appears to centre on comments made by the former US women’s national team player in a video segment. Beyond the headline and introductory sentence, the provided text is largely made up of unrelated recommended links, so it offers no match results, dates, quotations or additional context to substantiate the claim.